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August 1, 2002 State prisoners' rights attorney Ron Welch said he is resorting to "sabotage" against the Mississippi Department of Corrections and Gov. Ronnie Musgrove. Welch, whose filing to reopen the Gates vs. Collier federal lawsuit on prison overcrowding was in the media Tuesday the morning lawmakers defeated a reduced funding bill for private prisons, laughed when told Musgrove's attorney, Peyton Prospere, considered his timing "like sabotage." "That is exactly what it was," Welch said. "I am proud he recognized it." A second motion Welch sent Wednesday to federal court in Greenville seeks to prevent MDOC from closing Delta Correctional Facility in Greenwood and asks for a declaratory judgment that Gov. Ronnie Musgrove's April veto of a $54.7 million appropriation bill for private prisons is invalid. But Attorney General Mike Moore, who would have to defend the state against such a declaratory judgment, says the veto is partial and invalid because it included only a provision to prevent Corrections Commissioner Robert Johnson from moving money to other areas of the budget. Johnson, incensed at Welch's newest court filing, says the state will seek sanctions against the prisoners' rights attorney. "It is frivolous and has nothing to do with Gates vs. Collier," he said.
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The study, "Physiological Effects of the Stinger Conductive Energy Device," was conducted by a team led by Dr. Cynthia Bir, Associate Chair of Wayne State University's Biomedical Engineering department. The study was conducted between July 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005. Wayne State's Biomedical Engineering department and Dr. Bir are both recognized as leaders in research regarding non-lethal munitions. Dr. Bir is a noted speaker and lecturer on the topic of non-lethal munitions and blunt trauma.
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Identix ... said that Cal DOJ has placed an order, valued in excess of $600,000, for twenty-one (21) TouchPrint PRO units and software upgrades to existing hardware previously supplied by Identix for the State's Department of Corrections live scan network. The first installment of eight units is expected to be shipped and installed by the end of March 2003. The remaining units are expected to be shipped and installed in the Company's fiscal fourth quarter ending June 30, 2003. Cal DOJ currently has more than 600 Identix live scan systems deployed throughout California.
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[I]n 1996, the Department began to evaluate the quality of its programs through an annual “Outcome Study” examining the number of youth who return to adult or juvenile correctional facilities. The most recent Outcome Study, completed in 2003, found that after three years 57 percent of ADJC youth had not returned to either the adult or the juvenile system. The three-year measure is significant, because a December, 1997 study in the state of Washington found that 75 to 80 percent of the delinquency or criminal behavior that will occur in such a population of youth will occur within that initial three-year period.
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A State Department of Corrections Report should be requested when you want a thorough report on a specific state. This data comes directly from state databases searched by court researchers and is one of the most reliable sources.
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The goal of the Michigan Department of Corrections is to provide the greatest amount of public protection while making the most efficient use of the State's resources. It meets its goal by ensuring that the state's judges and other criminal justice administrators have the broadest possible array of viable sentencing and sanctioning options, and by ensuring that appropriate supervision is maintained so that Michigan's neighborhoods, families and citizens can be protected.
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